He committed zina during one of the nights of Ramadan and he wants to repent

Question

Praise be to Allah.

If what is meant is that he committed zina –Allaah forbid –
then zina is a major sin and a serious offence. Allaah has warned us against
it and stated that it leads to bad consequences. He says (interpretation of
the meaning):

“And come not near to unlawful sex. Verily, it is a
Faahishah (i.e. anything that transgresses its limits: a great sin), and an
evil way that leads one to hell unless Allaah forgives him)”

[al-Isra’ 17:32]

Allaah has decreed that the punishment for the zaani is
stoning, if he was married, and flogging if he was unmarried. That is
because of the abhorrence of what he has engaged in of haraam intimacy.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“The fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them
with a hundred stripes. Let not pity withhold you in their case, in a
punishment prescribed by Allaah, if you believe in Allaah and the Last Day.
And let a party of the believers witness their punishment”

[al-Noor 24:2]

But by the mercy of Allaah, the door of repentance is always
open, and Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most-Merciful; He loves the repentance of
His slaves and accepts it if he turns to Him. Allaah says (interpretation of
the meaning):

“Know they not that Allaah accepts repentance from His
slaves and takes the Sadaqât (alms, charity), and that Allaah Alone is the
One Who forgives and accepts repentance, Most Merciful?”

[al-Tawbah 9:104]

“Allaah accepts only the repentance of those who do evil
in ignorance and foolishness and repent soon afterwards; it is they whom
Allaah will forgive and Allaah is Ever All‑Knower, All‑Wise”

[al-Nisa’ 4:17]

“And those who invoke not any other ilaah (god) along with
Allaah, nor kill such person as Allaah has forbidden, except for just cause,
nor commit illegal sexual intercourse __
and whoever does this shall receive the punishment.

69. The torment will be doubled to him on the Day of
Resurrection, and he will abide therein in disgrace;

70. Except those who repent and believe (in Islamic
Monotheism), and do righteous deeds; for those, Allaah will change their
sins into good deeds, and Allaah is Oft‑Forgiving, Most Merciful”

[al-Furqaan 25:68-70]

How forbearing is Allaah, and how Generous. His goodness
descends upon them even as their evil deeds ascend to Him. He holds out His
Hand by night to accept the repentance of the one who sinned during the day,
and He holds out His hand during the day to accept the repentance of the one
who sinned at night. All the sinner has to do is acknowledge his sin and
give it up, and ask his Lord for pardon and forgiveness, and resolve never
to go back to that sin, and to set his deeds straight, and strive to do that
which will please his Lord, may He be blessed and exalted.

The one who does that will find relief, for the Most
Gracious, Most Merciful rejoices over the repentance of His slave and
accepts it from him, and He will reward him for it and erase his bad deeds
thereby, and raise him in status, because He is the Forbearing, Most
Generous, Most Kind, Most Merciful, may He be blessed and exalted.

Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And verily, I am indeed forgiving to him who repents,
believes (in My Oneness, and associates none in worship withMe) and does righteous good deeds, and then remains
constant in doing them (till his death)”

[Ta-Ha 20:82]

Moreover, we say to this brother: beware of removing the
cover with which Allaah has concealed you and telling anyone of what you
have done, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: “Avoid these filthy things that Allaah has forbidden. Whoever has
done any of them, let him conceal himself with the concealment of Allaah,
and let him repent to Allaah.” Narrated by al-Bayhaqi; classed as saheeh by
al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’ (149).

Muslim (2590) narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be
pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: “Allaah does not conceal a person in this world but Allaah
will conceal him on the Day of Resurrection.”

So hasten to repent and regret, and weep for your sin and
wrongdoing. Conceal yourself with the concealment of Allaah and do not speak
openly of your sin; do a lot of good deeds such as praying, giving charity,
dhikr, and tasbeeh, for these are means of attaining forgiveness.

Beware of procrastinating with regard to repentance, or of
taking the forbearance and concealment of Allaah for granted, for Allaah may
grant you time or He may not, and He may become angry and seek vengeance.
Perhaps He will look at His slave who dares to disobey Him and will say:
‘Go, for I will never accept any good deed from you,’ so he will be utterly
lost and his punishment will be Hell. We ask Allaah to keep us safe and
sound and to grant us salvation.

We ask Allaah to set the affairs of the Muslims straight, and
to bring that back to the right path.

And Allaah knows best.